Equality

Conference: a) notes; 1) the decreased SEND implementation funding made available to schools to support the proposed changes to the SEN Framework; 2) the dramatic increase in the establishment of specialist provision classes within mainstream schools (SPiMS)...

Congress has huge concerns about the marked lack of progress on the part of the employers within the education system in addressing the issues pertaining to workers with disabilities. These individuals face daily challenges that are compounded by the absence...

Health inequalities requires cross department support but also requires the department to work with trade unions In 2013 the department for health published Making life better a strategic framework for public health. This was a ten-year strategy so it...

Congress notes that more than 95% of people in Northern Ireland live less than one mile from a community pharmacy. Congress notes that this level of accessibility did not drop throughout hardships of recent years. We note the annual estimated spend on GP...

Conference condemns the recent decision by the UK government to end the universal entitlement to winter fuel payments, a decision that was enforced in Northern Ireland by the Stormont Executive parties. The policy will limit the special fuel payment to the ten...

Congress recognises the ongoing damage caused by privatisation across the public sector. Privatised services have consistently resulted in poorer pay, terms, and conditions for workers, while failing to deliver the quality and efficiency promised. We have seen...

It is well recognised that the failings in policy and delivery of housing over decades in this state has left considerable numbers of people in our society struggling to access decent public and affordable housing and a secure future that this allows for...

It is now well established that Derry and the North West region has for too long been starved of the resources, investment and the political will necessary to repair the impact of a century of under-development. Among the many adverse effects of the chronic...

Conference acknowledges that there is currently no requirement for firms in Northern Ireland to publish their gender pay gap. Conference agrees that legislation introduced in the Republic of Ireland compelling companies of a certain size to publish their...